Frances Carefully Hangs Ornaments

    Each year Salem celebrates the Greening of the Grounds with song and food and fellowship. As Advent is drawing to a close, as we get ready to celebrate Christmas, we decorate the Sanctuary with Christmas symbols and festive colors. Jointly presented by Worship Ministry and Fellowship Ministry, School families and Church families are invited to join together for The Greening of the Grounds celebration. We begin, of course, with food -- a potluck in the Fellowship Hall where we gather for fun and nourishment and conversation. And we conclude with the actual decorating of the tree and placing other symbols around the church.

	The tree decorating was fun this year. Adults and children were there and we all had a good time placing the ornaments, stringing the lights, telling others "higher; no, a little to the right; no, too far; that's perfect!"
	Not only did we place ornaments on the tree and hang wreaths around the sanctuary and place candles along the aisles of the sanctuary, we also found a head for our bereft Youth Director, Matt.
Andrew places the star while...	Grandma and son decorate the base